CVE-2019-9903
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CVE-2019-9903 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. PDFDoc::markObject in PDFDoc.cc in Poppler 0.74.0 mishandles dict marking, leading to stack consumption in the function Dict::find() located at Dict.cc, which can (for example) be triggered by passing a crafted pdf file to the pdfunite binary.. EPSS estimates a 2.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
PDFDoc::markObject in PDFDoc.cc in Poppler 0.74.0 mishandles dict marking, leading to stack consumption in the function Dict::find() located at Dict.cc, which can (for example) be triggered by passing a crafted pdf file to the pdfunite binary.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Freedesktop | Poppler | 0.74.0 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 28 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 29 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 30 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 10.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.10 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 19.04 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 8.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 8.1 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 8.2 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 8.4 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 8.6 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 8.2 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 8.4 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 8.6 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | 8.2 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | 8.4 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | 8.6 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107560Broken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/741Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/stack-based-buffer-overflows-in-dictfind-poppler-0-74-0/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4042-1/Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107560Broken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/741Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/stack-based-buffer-overflows-in-dictfind-poppler-0-74-0/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4042-1/Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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